• DrGunjah@lemmy.world
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    16 days ago

    Apparently I can’t watch this video with the original audio. Instead some robotic female voice speaks in my language. Some dude at youtube really thought it’s a good idea to not only make this default, but also don’t provide the option to deactivate it. And it’s probably just the beginning. I am so excited for all the unwanted AI features that will be forced down my throat in the future

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      16 days ago

      Youtube gets worse every day. You might try an alternative front-end, and you can use something like LibRedirect (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/libredirect/) to automatically change youtube links to the other front-end. It works for other services too, but you can easily disable redirecting them if you don’t want that.

      It’s not perfect, but it’s an option. Good luck!

    • EngineerGaming@feddit.nl
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      16 days ago

      At least in Freetube, there is an option to change to the normal audio. But yeah, the fact that it is on by default is annoying. The other sad thing is that the titles of the videos will be translated into your language if available, making you confused about whether the channel is originally in English or in your native language. Also losing some originally present puns in the process, which is just sad.

    • weststadtgesicht@discuss.tchncs.de
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      16 days ago

      I hate this “feature” but there is always a way to deactivate it in both the web version and the app: you can change the audio track on the settings of the video (e.g. behind the cog icon on mobile)

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        15 days ago

        Nope. I’ve just checked it again, I can only set subtitles, quality, etc. but not the audio track. (m.youtube.com in firefox on android)

        Funny though that today I’m getting the original audio by default. Someone got a backlash it seems